Wakayama City: a public health center sent meeting materials with the names and ages of 414 COVID-19 patients to an unrelated person by mistyping an address

1. 2021-01-19 20:00

   Around this time, the health center sent meeting materials to a staff member's personal address, but the address was wrong when the request was made, so the mail reached a third party. [1]

2. 2021-01-20 09:00

   Around this time the address error was discovered. At 10:00 the city asked the recipient to delete the mail and contact the city, but there was no reply. [1]

3. 2021-01-21

   The city sent the same request again, but has not reached the recipient. [1]

The materials sent in error include the names, ages, genders, admission and discharge dates, hospital names, possible infection routes and positive-test dates of 414 patients. The city phoned the people concerned to apologize and will review how it sends mail containing personal data. [1]